Capture as I go

This is an essay I just finished for a "super power" scholarship.

Imagine the microscopic bugs crawling through grass, water colored pastel skies, the dew drops on petals in the morning. The Earth is a beautiful place full of creations that astonishes the human mind. Unfortunately we are unable to keep these images and moments forever.  We admire the beautiful world around us and the creatures that thrive by capturing precious moments with our camera, often in hopes to keep the beautiful moments for our generation and many to come.  If I were to choose a superpower it would be more of ability. I would replace my eyes with cameras. Every precious moment, microscopic image would be captured with my telephoto and macro focused eyes.

I often find myself seeing images in my everyday routine that I would like to keep and cherish as part of my day. This is the reason I keep my camera on me but even being well skilled in photography does not capture exactly what I am seeing.  With my eyes being cameras I could capture exactly what I see down to the exposure, aperture, and angel.  I would begin every morning by capturing a picture of the moon still sitting alongside the rising sun. As I continued my day through the halls of an arts school I would capture an array of images from dancers flowing together in rhythm, artists painting with thick acrylics, to the musicians plucking away at vibrating strings. In the afternoon, the fuchsia sky on fire with the sunset of everyday would no longer appear as a washed out cheesy image. 

This ability to capture exactly what I see would be revolutionary in the way I remember things. No longer would memories be susceptible to the minds manipulation but would be archived in the thousands of photos my mind put away. I could capture moment’s creativity such as an artist doodling in their sketchbook. I could capture the precious moment as a baby bird hatches from its speckled egg.  I could keep the moments of true love as family members greet loved ones at the airport. All of the moments we often take for granted would be captured in their perfection to be remembered later.

With my superpower I would hope to show others the beauty in the world. Often Society has us moving so fast that we do not appreciate or understand where we wake up every day. If I could share all the wonderful images I see then hopefully those around me could appreciate the Earth and community around them. Once someone experiences true spontaneity in creativity or the birth of a living creature, how can they not love the world that surrounds them?  If all societies on Earth could agree on the need to stop and appreciate world’s beauty we could great a loving society.